Clock-actuated display apparatus.



H. D. SHURE.

CLOCK ACTUATED DISPLAY APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED IAN. 3, 1917.

FQ). Patented Nov. 20, 191?.

61H01 ne I1 RALPH IDEANE SHURE, OF, CLA'lEtLEFl'DON,l TEXAS.`

CLOCK-Acruarnn nrsPLaY APPARATUS.

Application filed `anuary 3 To aZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that RALPH DEANE SHURE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Clarendon, in the county of Donley and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in CloclrActL1ated DisplayApparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description ot the invention, such as` will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clock-actuateddisplay signs for displaying scriptural quotations or other reading ordisplay matter and the' object in view is to produce a simple andeihcient apparatus o1 this nature so arranged that the matter displayedmay be changed at intervals.

The invention consists of a simpleand eilicient apparatus of this naturehaving various details of construction, combina-- tions and arrangementsot parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings and. then spe cically defined in the appendedclaims.

1 illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a front elevation of the apparatusand the dial of a clock.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2--2 of Fig. 1, looking in thedirection of the arrow.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 34,-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is. a sectional view on line 4 4 or' Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5 5 of Reference now being had to thedetails of the drawings by numerals, 1 designates a. clock case having adial 2, and 3 is an hour hand and 4 the minute hand mounted upon acentral shaft 5, to which a gear wheel 6 is fixed, said wheel being inmesh with a pinion 7 which in turn meshes with a gear wheel. 8 adaptedto make one revolution every twenty-four hours. Fixed to Said wheel 8 isa linger 9 projecting beyond Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 219,191 3.

Serial No. 140,419.

the circumference of the wheel and pro vided for the purposeA whichwill' be presently described.

Mounted upon a shatt 10, shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, is a reel 11upon which a tape 12 is wound, and 13 is a hood or shell which lits oversaid reel` and is provided with a slot 14 through. which the tape moves.The inner end of said shell is provided with bayonet slots 15 designedto engage the pins 16 to hold the shell in place. A pulley 17 isjournaled upon a stub shaft 18, carried by the bracket member 19,secured to the casing, and a similar pulley 20 is journaled upon ashaft21 over which the tape is adapted to pass, and 22 is a window in thecasing through which the mattei` upon the tape may be displayed. A drum23 has. aspindle 24 at` one end, journaled in a bracket member 25 andits other endfis journaled in the wall of` the casing,` as shown in Fig.3 of the drawings. A circular. series 0f spurs, 2G, spaced apart,project. Yfrom the circumference ot said drum and are adapted to engagethe tape 12 which latter. causes. the drum to rotate as the tape unwindsfrom the reel 11. Said drum 23 has a flange 27 at one end upon` a raisedportion of which are the series of curved gear teeth28. Said disk alsohas a stop` 29 fastened to the face thereof and coperates.. with alug 30projecting from the rotatabletilting lever 31 to stop the. reel 23 afterhaving made a complete revolution. a gear wheel 32 lixed; thereto andwhich is adapted to mesh with the teeth 28 to causethe lever 31 to makea single revolution at each rotary movement of thetiange 27. Said lever31 isjournaled in a central aperture formed in the diamond-outlinedmember 33, the outline of which is shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, in`edge view in Fig, 3 and topplan in Fig. 2. A post 34, shown in Fig. 3,is fastened to the bottom of the casing and has two fiat springs 35 and36 secured to itsV upper end and the 'free ends of which springs projectbeyond the top of the post and are adapted to bear rictionally againstthe opposite faces. of the diamond-shaped member 33 orthe purpose ofreturning the member The lever '31` has to its upright po'sition afterhaving been tilted. 'Said lever 31 has a laterally projecting lug 37 atone end, as shown clearly in Fig. Q of thedrawings, and which isnormally in the path ot said finger ,9;A

A reel 39 is journaled in suitable bearings in the casing, as shown inFig. 5 of the drawings, and about which the tape l2 is adapted to windand a thumb nut 40 is fixed to the reel 39 and forms means Jfor rotatingthe same. A coiled spring 4l is fastened at one end to thepin 42 and itsother end to the reel 39 and is adapted to be put under Vtension whenthe reel 39 is rotated in one direction. By said spring, the tape,

when released, it will be noted, will be automatically wound upon thereel 39.

K-,The operation of my invention will be readily understood and is asfollowsr-,At each revolution of the wheel 8, which is adapted to make arevolution every twentyfour hours, the pin 29 thereon will come incontact with the lug 37, causing the same to tilt slightly, as shown inFig. 3 of the drawings, and which tilting movement of the lever 31 willcause the lug 30 to beraised out of the path of the stop 29 and whichwill permit the spring connected to the reel 39 to cause the same torotate and wind the tape thereon. The movement of the tape will causethe drum Q3 to rotate and, when the circular series of gear teeth 28come in contact with the pinion 32, the lever 31 will be given a singlerevolution which will throw the lug 37 out of the path of the linger 9and which will permit the wheel 3 to make another revolution. It will benoted that, when the lever 31 is tilted by the finger 9 coming incontact with the lug 37, the spring 36 will Vbe put under tension and,after the pinion 32 has passed by the end of the series of teeth 2S,said spring 3G will tend to return the member 33 to its verticalposition and also tilt back the shaft 31 to its normal horizontalposition.

By this mechanism, it will be noted that the apparatus is entirelyautomatic in its 'action and, at each revolution of the wheel 8 which inthe present instance is adapted to occur once in twenty-four hours bythe gear connections shown, diierent display matter may be shown at thewindow or sight opening in the casing. It will be understood, however,that the gear connections between the various parts may be changed tocause display mattei' to be shown at different intervals without in anyway departing from the spirit of the invention.

lVhat I claim to be new is f 1. An automatic cloclractuated displayapparatus comprising a casing, a springpressed rotatable reel, a displaytape adapted to wind thereonga drum about which said tape passes andwhich latter causes the drum to rotate, clocl; mechanism and a gearwheel rotated thereby, a tilting rotatable lever, means upon the wheelfor tilting said lever at each revolution, and gear mechanismintermediate said drum and lever forcausing the latter to maire a singlerevolution at each rotary movement of the drum.

2. An automatic clock-actuated display apparatus comprising a casing, aspringpressed, rotatable reel, a display tape adapted to wind thereon, adrum about which said tape passes and which latter causes the drum torotate, clock mechanism and a gear wheel rotated thereby, a tiltingrotatable lever, means upon the wheel for tilting said lever, at eachrevolution, gear mechanism intermediatefsaid drum and lever for causing.the lattertomake a single Yrevolution at each rotary. movement of, thedrum, and means for returning the lever to its normal tion after havingbeen tilted. Y Y

3. An automatic clock-actuated display apparatus comprising aV casing, aspring- Posif pressed, rotatable reel, a display tape adaptpressed,rotatable reel, a display tape adapted to wind thereon, a drum aboutwhich said tape basses, gear teeth upon said drum, clock mechanism and agear wheel rotated there# by, a finger projecting from said wheel, a

tilting rotatable leverV having a lateral ertension in the path of saidfinger, a gear wheel fiXedto theiever and adapted to en; gage theteeth'upon said drum, and means for returning the lever to its normalposi tion after .having been tilted.

5. An automatic clock-actuated display Y apparatus comprising a casing,a springpressed, rotatable reel, a display tape adapted to wind thereon,a drum about which said tape passes, gear teeth upon said drum, clockmechanism and a gear wheel rotated thereby, a linger projecting fromsaid wheel, a

tilting rotatable lever having a lateral extension in: the pathV of saidlinger, a gear wheel lixed'to thelever and adapted t0 engage the teethupon said drum, a member in which said leveris 'pivoted, and vspringsbearing against the opposite faces of said member.

6. An automatic i cloclractuated display apparatus `comprising a casingandV vclock mechanism and gearwheel actuated thereby,

a finger projecting from said VWheel, a

1,247,589 gggspring-pressed rotatable reel, a tape secured the disk, anda lug projecting from the lever 10 to and adapted to Wind upon the reel,a rota adapted to engage said stop.

table drinn, a disk at the end of the drum In testimony whereof Ihereunto alii); my and gear teeth upon the disk, a reel from signaturein presence of two Witnesses.

which the tape unwinds, a tilting rotatable lever and mounting therefor,one end of said RALPH DEANE SHURE' lever having a lug in the path ofsaid linger litnessesz and a pinion at the other end adapted t0 en- A.J. WEENS,

gage said teeth upon the disk, a stop upon Jon GoLDsToN.

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